Installation and License Guide
Altair® PSIM™ 2024.1
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Introduction
This document goes through the step-by-step procedure to install Altair PSIM v2024.1 and activate
the license.
Installing Altair PSIM Software
Step 1: Download the PSIM Setup build from Altair MarketPlace (www.altairone.com). Unzip and
extract the Setup installation application file.
For example, an unzipped “AltairPSIM2024.1_win64.exe” installation file is shown below for the
PSIM 2024.1 build.
Step 2: Launch the setup AltairPSIM2024.1_win64.exe. An InstallAnywhere dialog will pop up.
A “Manage Instances” dialog will pop up once the installation is finished from InstallAnywhere.
Step 3: Accept the License Agreement.
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Step 4: Setup Dialog for License Selection.
Select the type of license for PSIM as “Altair unit license”.
Step 5: Setup Dialog for Choosing the Installation Folder.
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Step 6: Setup Dialog to Review the Installation Summary
Step 7: Installation in progress. Please wait while the PSIM is installed in your selected folder in the
previous step.
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Step 8: Click Next and then Done to complete the installation process.
Step 9: Start PSIM
Use the Altair PSIM shortcut located on the Desktop and in the Start Menu
Alternatively, go to the PSIM installation folder.
For example, the installation folder is C:\Altair\Altair PSIM 2024.0 for PSIM 2024.0 in this case.
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Run “psim.exe” to start PSIM and setup/activate the license.
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Activating PSIM Software
The process of activating your license depends on the type of license you are using. There are three
license types:
• Altair One “managed” license
• Local license file
• Network license
Activating an Altair One unit license – standard procedure
Prerequisite: The PSIM software must be installed on your computer, and you must already have an
Altair One account with a valid license. If you have questions, please contact your Altair Account
Manager.
1. Start PSIM
The License Setup dialog box is displayed, as shown below.
At any time, you can display the License Setup dialog from the Options /License Setup menu in
PSIM.
2. Confirm or make the following selections
a. Select all the applicable features.
b. Select Altair Units.
c. Under AltairOne Login and Password, enter your credentials.
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3. Click Authorize.
The Status is updated with a message that your license has been successfully activated. If the
authorization fails, you may need to use an alternate method to activate your license or provide proxy
server settings.
4. Click OK.
Alternate Altair unit license activation procedure
If you were unsuccessful in activating your license using the standard procedure, follow this
procedure.
1. Log in to your Altair One account (www.altairone.com) and go to your Dashboard.
2. Under Manage Accounts, click Profile.
3. Under Authorized Machines, click View My Authorized Machines.
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4. In the upper right corner, click Generate Auth Code.
The window is updated with an authorization code for your computer.
5. Copy the Code.
6. Launch the Altair Licensing Utility program (under Altair PSIM 2024.0 in the Windows Start menu).
7. Paste the code into the Authorization Token text box and click Authorize.
8. Authorization may fail if your network has a proxy server. Contact your Local Network
Administrator and ask if proxy server settings need to be provided.
9. Start PSIM.
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Activating an Altair unit license on a proxy server
If you are using a proxy server, you will need to configure the server before your license can be
activated.
1. Perform steps 1 and 2 under Activating an Altair One unit license.
2. Click Proxy.
The following dialog box appears:
3. Activate Use a proxy server for authorization and enter the server address and port number.
4. If your proxy server requires authentication, activate Proxy requires authentication and enter
your proxy server User Name and Password.
5. Click OK.
Authentication is performed and the License Setup dialog box re-appears with a successful status
message.
Note: Authorization may fail if you have an SSL proxy in your environment that re-encrypts
traffic with your own certificate. To correct this on Windows, set the system environment
variable to ALM_HHWU_USE_WININET=1.
6. Click Ok.
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Activating a local license
Prerequisite: Obtain a valid license file from your Altair Account Manager and copy it to your preferred
location on your computer.
1. Invoke PSIM.
2. If PSIM cannot find a valid license file, the following dialog box appears:
Path to your license file
3. Do the following:
a. Select the Features you want to activate.
b. Select ‘License File’
c. Next to Path, click … to select the license file.
d. Click OK.
Setting up a network license
There are three steps to set up a network license:
1. Install the license server.
2. Activate the license server.
3. Connect the client computers to the license server.
Please read through all the steps before you begin the set-up procedure.
Installing the license server
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You can install the license server on either a Windows-based computer, a Linux-based computer, or
a Mac OS X computer.
To install a license server on Windows
1. Download the latest license server installer file by signing into your Altair One account and
click View All Apps. Select the PSIM product tile and in the right panel, select the License
Manager tab and select Windows Installer. If you have issues or questions, contact your Altair
Account Manager.
2. Launch the license server installer.
3. The Altair Licensing Installation dialog box appears. Proceed through the next few dialog
boxes, entering information for the installation path.
4. Click Next.
5. Do one of the following: If you have an existing server license file, choose Yes and enter the
location of the license file. After finishing the installation, the license server will automatically
start. Skip to Step 7 under Activating the license server. If you do not have a license file,
choose No, then click Next. You will proceed without a license file and add it later to the
appropriate location.
6. Review the installation directory and disk space information, then click Install.
7. Click OK when the Information for obtaining a license file dialog appears.
8. Click Done to close the license server installation.
Activating the license server
1. Rename the license file sent to you to altair_lic.dat. Make sure you are showing extensions for
known file types.
2. Drag and drop the license file into the server installation’s root directory using Windows Explorer.
(The default location is C:\Program Files\Altair\licensing15.0). This will overwrite the empty
altair_lic.dat file already found in that directory.
3. From the same directory, open altair-serv.cfg in a text editor and confirm that the following line
appears: LICENSE_FILE = C:\Program Files\Altair\licensing15.0\altair_lic.dat
4. In the taskbar, click the Start button and navigate to the Altair License Server 15.0 folder.
5. Click on ALMUtil.
6. In the almutil dialog box, click the License Usage tab. Under the Tree tab, you should only see the
name of your server computer.
7. In the taskbar, click the Start button and begin typing component into the search bar; then click
Component Services in the pop-up menu. The Component Services dialog box appears.
8. Click Services (Local), then select Altair License Server. When the Stop/Restart Service appears,
click Restart the service.
9. Go back to ALMUtil and click on the License Usage tab. Then click Refresh. The output looks like
the image below:
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Connecting a client computer to the network license server
Make sure you have the port and host name of your license server. This information is required to
connect to an existing license server and should have been provided to you by your system
administrator. The default Altair port is 6200.
1. Download and install PSIM on the client computer. See your system administrator for the PSIM
installer executable.
2. Start PSIM.
The License Setup dialog box appears.
Path to your license server
3. Select License File and enter the port@host into the Path text box. The default Altair port is 6200.
For example, [email protected] or 6200@company_server_name.
4. Click OK.
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Install Altair PSIM via Silent Mode
Silent mode enables the installer to run without any user interaction. A near-silent mode is possible on Windows.
InstallAnywhere and Altair PSIM end-user-defined variables may be set through command line parameters or
a properties response file.
Response files are used in silent mode since there is no end-user interaction.
The installer runs either on the defaults provided by the installer package or by providing a response file from
which the installer retrieves the values for various InstallAnywhere and Altair PSIM variables used to control
the install.
The installer automatically checks the residing directory for a file called installer.properties, however, this file
name and type is NOT supported by the Altair PSIM installers and cannot reside in the same folder as our
installs.
The response file will need a unique name in order to work properly with the Altair PSIM installers, example,
PSIM2024.0_installer.properties, will work with the Altair PSIM installer.
Note: For Altair PSIM 2024.0, you will need to have ACCEPT_EULA=YES in your properties file or specify -
DACCEPT_EULA=YES at the command line, or the installers will not run. This variable will not automatically
get added to a response file, it must be added manually.
You can generate a response file from the installer by running through the installer with the following command
line syntax:
-r "[FullPath]\PSIM2024.0_installer.properties" The file will get created once the installer is complete. To trigger
a silent installer from the command line, type the following:
[InstallerName] –i silent -DACCEPT_EULA=YES
You may also call a properties response file from the command line by typing:
[InstallerName] –i silent –f “[FullPath]\PSIM2024.0_installer.properties” -
DACCEPT_EULA=YES
An example of running a silent install using a properties response file located in C:\ResponseFiles
called PSIM 2024.0 installer.properties on Windows:
PSIM2024.0_win64.exe –i silent –f "C:\ResponseFiles\PSIM2024.0_installer.properties" -
DACCEPT_EULA=YES
Note: Use quotes around any directory and pathnames that may contain spaces
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